Heavy Trash

{{Short description|American rockabilly band}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Heavy Trash

| image = Heavy_trash_%26_jon_spencer_@_studio_sp.jpg

| caption = Jon Spencer from Heavy Trash live in São Paulo, Brazil, on April 23, 2009. Photo by [https://www.flickr.com/arielmartini Ariel Martini]

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| background = group_or_band

| alias =

| origin = New York City, United States

| genre = Rock & roll, neo-rockabilly, cowpunk, garage punk, garage rock

| years_active = 2005–present

| label = Yep Roc, Crunchy Frog

| associated_acts = Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Pussy Galore, Madder Rose, Speedball Baby, The Sadies

| website = [http://www.heavytrash.net www.heavytrash.net]

| current_members = Jon Spencer, Matt Verta-Ray

| past_members =

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Heavy Trash is an American rockabilly band based in New York City, formed by Jon Spencer of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Matt Verta-Ray (formerly of New York bands Madder Rose and Speedball Baby).{{cite news |last=Conway |first=Tom |url= https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/entertainment/music/2018/07/28/solo-explosion-next-for-jon-spencer/117178504/ |title=Solo explosion next for Jon Spencer |work=South Bend Tribune |date=July 28, 2018 |access-date=July 4, 2021}}{{cite news |last=Krinsley |first=Jeremy |url= https://imposemagazine.com/bytes/new-music/jon-spencers-heavy-trash-projec |title=Jon Spencer's Heavy Trash Project with Matt Verta-Ray Produces New Album for Fall |work=Impose |date=July 2005 |access-date=July 4, 2021}} The band's music draws from an eclectic mix of genres, including rock & roll, rockabilly, blues, alternative country, and garage rock or garage punk. They are currently signed to Yep Roc Records,{{cite news |last=Fontenot |first=Robert |url= https://www.offbeat.com/music/heavy-trash-heavy-trash-yep-roc-records/ |title=Heavy Trash, Heavy Trash (Yep Roc Records) |work=OffBeat |date=March 1, 2005 |access-date=July 4, 2021}} Bronzerat Records and Crunchy Frog Records.

They once toured together with the Canadian band The Sadies, under the name of Heavy Trash and The Sadies.{{cite news |last=Alesia |first=Tom |url= https://madison.com/article_2031eaa5-5e22-5b57-935a-e4b8a19211d4.html |title=Youngblood Much More than Brass |work=Wisconsin State Journal |date=September 21, 2006 |access-date=July 4, 2021}}